Nonexistent mpi.default variable lets port upgrade fail

David Evans devans at macports.org
Thu Nov 12 00:33:03 PST 2015


On 11/11/15 11:36 PM, Marko Käning wrote:
> Ooops, what does this error suddenly happen?
> 
> ---
> --->  Updating MacPorts base sources using rsync
> MacPorts base version 2.3.4 installed,
> MacPorts base version 2.3.4 downloaded.
> --->  Updating the ports tree
> --->  MacPorts base is already the latest version
> 
> The ports tree has been updated. To upgrade your installed ports, you should run
>   port upgrade outdated
> The following installed ports are outdated:
> kdetoys4                       4.10.5_0 < 4.10.5_1       
> Error: Unable to open port: can't read "mpi.default": no such variable
> To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
>     http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
> ---
> 
> Greets,
> Marko
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The error appears to come from port boost (may be others) which is broken (Portfile fails to parse) after
the recent update to mpi portgroup in r142438.

Dave



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